Past Faceoffs

Liquid vs. CLG at ESL Predictions

Mirage is a map that Liquid have had a few struggles on. They looked poor against RNG in both games they played, even the one they won. They also lost to Tstorm, in a game they were made to look quite average. In their last game, they seemed to have problems on their CT side, and they have yet to really use their players effectively, as Mirage is a site where you can be isolated, and if people don’t come to your site, you can be taken out of the game. CLG for the most part, have been decent on Mirage. It was widely considered to be Tstorms best map, and CLG made them look really poor. They also beat NRG, who of course took down Envy on the same map. The only interesting statistic really is, the last time these two faced off on this map, Liquid won 16-1. I do think this will be a lot different today, and if Liquid take the first map as I expect, a LOW bet on CLG if they are around 30-35%, could be a good but risky bet.

Edit : if CLG lose the first game, they are pretty much out of the LAN, and this game won’t mean THAT much anymore, so I would recommend going on Liquid if they take the first map, or SKIPPING.

Conclusion

2nd matchup between these two teams and we find ourselves on Mirage. Mirage is a tricky map, both teams can definitely play it however they aren’t the best on the map and often times have consistency issues on it. Heck, Liquid 16:1’d CLG on Mirage about a month ago which I mean, I don’t even know how that happened but it did, and really does off put you as you do not know what to expect here. I do expect a close game however, I do think that 16:1 was a freak accident and probably won’t happen again. I feel like this is closer than Cobblestone due to it being Mirage, and CLG has a bigger upset potential here. We actually watched these two brawl it out about two hours ago in a BO3 which Liquid took 2-1, however it was closer than the scores suggest, so do not count CLG out here. In a BO1 much can depend who of your star players turns up, if you win pistols or not, so these are definitely hard to predict especially when the teams are as closely matched as here. Overall for me this is a 60-40, and I’d just play the odds with a low bet here.